Conquering The Desert (1940)

Titles read: “CONQUERING THE DESERT“. Aerial shots of a town on the coast of Italian North Africa in Tripoli. Various shots of Italian colonists arriving by boats from Genoa at Tripoli harbour, coming down ship gangplanks and being transported in trucks. Aerial shots of the vast flat land of Tripoli, showing the desert, some cultivated regions and also some small townships and farms. Several shots of an Italian immigrant family outside their villa, working on their bicycles and then sitting and eating around the table inside their house. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-19